FYI, this bug is fixed now. On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 6:34 AM, Dan Puza <dp...@ultra-scan.com> wrote:
> I understand about the state of Burn right now. Thanks for the warning. > > However, FYI regarding your proposed workaround... what I had found (in my > clean project) and posted earlier (8/10 7:51pm), was that the bad behavior > (removing the ARP entry on setup fail) shows up when > Chain/@DisableRollback="yes", but it works correctly (ARP entry does not get > removed on setup fail) when Chain/@DisableRollback is omitted. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Puza [mailto:dp...@ultra-scan.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 7:51 PM > To: WiX-users > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn uninstall fails - bundle is removed from ARP > > I discovered that when Chain DisableRollback="yes", the ARP entry gets > removed. > When Chain DisableRollback is omitted, the ARP entry remains intact as > expected. > However, for other reasons, I don't want the rollback to happen... > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 10:26 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn uninstall fails - bundle is removed from ARP > > Are you shipping a product with Burn right now? The comment, "telling > people not to do the behavior is not an option for us at this time." > concerns me because we're still actively *massively* changing Burn right now > with breaking changes still showing up. I would not recommend shipping Burn > to customers outside of "Beta" (aka: you may need to completely uninstall > this before installing RTM and it may not work perfectly). > I say this because I would feel bad if you came back and said, "You guys > totally hosed me with Burn when I sold a product using it to all my > customers!" > > Telling people "This particular part of the feature does not work > correctly" > needs to be okay with Burn right now... at least for the next 3 - 6 months. > PS: Another way to work around this problem for now (which is how Visual > Studio avoids the problem) is to Chain/@DisableRollback="yes". I think that > will prevent the bundle from getting into a bad state. > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 6:51 AM, Dan Puza <dp...@ultra-scan.com> wrote: > > > >> > > Personally, I would note the bug in the bug database and tell people > > to not do that behavior until it is fixed. If the bug is really > > blocking you, adding a comment explaining why you need it fixed helps > > us realize that the bug is worse than maybe we thought it was. > > << > > > > Thanks for the response. Unfortunately, telling people not to do the > > behavior is not an option for us at this time. > > > > >> > > Killing Burn while it is running increases the chances of really crazy > > one off issues that only you will see. That means we will either: a) > > spend a lot of time supporting you or b) you will just have to skip > > filing bug reports on things that actually might not be related to > > killing the process but it'll be very hard to tell. > > > > Neither of those options above get us to the end goal of a complete > > and stable Burn. That's what I want to focus on and I admittedly get a > > bit bent by things that could be distractions because there are a lot > > of bugs to fix yet... <smile/> << > > > > I absolutely understand your concerns there. I did not specify this > > in my previous messages, but before writing I had reproduced the issue > > in a new clean project that did not include the crazy workaround. > > Surely that should be valid for a bug report. But if you really do > > not want any of my feedback on WiX, what can I say... Also sorry, I > > had looked through the bug list, somehow I missed seeing that one. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > > Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 11:53 AM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn uninstall fails - bundle is removed from > > ARP > > > > Personally, I would note the bug in the bug database and tell people > > to not do that behavior until it is fixed. If the bug is really > > blocking you, adding a comment explaining why you need it fixed helps > > us realize that the bug is worse than maybe we thought it was. > > > > Killing Burn while it is running increases the chances of really crazy > > one off issues that only you will see. That means we will either: a) > > spend a lot of time supporting you or b) you will just have to skip > > filing bug reports on things that actually might not be related to > > killing the process but it'll be very hard to tell. > > > > Neither of those options above get us to the end goal of a complete > > and stable Burn. That's what I want to focus on and I admittedly get a > > bit bent by things that could be distractions because there are a lot > > of bugs to fix yet... <smile/> > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 6:47 AM, Dan Puza <dp...@ultra-scan.com> wrote: > > > > > Obviously it's wrong. Can you offer any better viable workarounds > > > using more appropriate approaches, at the moment, until the bug gets > > > fixed? I would be happy to hear anyone's constructive feedback > > > rather than mean spirited comments, Rob. I was backed into a corner. > > > Anyway, I think in reality the extent of harm possible from this > > > particular workaround kludge is pretty low, I think... If there are > > > more nuanced levels that it is wrong and you would care to > > > enlighten, I > > would be interested to hear them. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > > > Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 8:30 PM > > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn uninstall fails - bundle is removed > > > from ARP > > > > > > Wow, that is wrong on so many levels. Please don't file any bugs on > > > Burn while you're doing that. I don't want to investigate any of them. > > > > > > Anyway, this sounds like bug: > > > > > > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3367340&group_id=105 > > > 97 > > > 0&atid=642714 > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Dan Puza <dp...@ultra-scan.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > Heh... for now as a workaround I am having the ExePackage kill the > > > > parent process (the bootstrapper) when the user cancels it... in > > > > order to keep the ARP entry... at least it works... :-/ > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Dan Puza > > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 6:58 PM > > > > To: WiX-users > > > > Subject: RE: Burn uninstall fails - bundle is removed from ARP > > > > > > > > Also, is there a way... or, what is the easiest, or the right way > > > > to display a message like "User cancelled" as the failure message, > > > > rather than "Unspecified error"? > > > > > > > > Is there a "standard", pre-determined "user cancelled" exit code I > > > > can > > > use? > > > > I am able to change the code returned from this package. > > > > > > > > It is an ExePackage. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Dan Puza [mailto:dp...@ultra-scan.com] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 6:45 PM > > > > To: WiX-users > > > > Subject: [WiX-users] Burn uninstall fails - bundle is removed from > > > > ARP > > > > > > > > Does this make sense? > > > > > > > > The first package in the bundle that attempts to uninstall returns > > > > an error code (Package Vital="yes"). > > > > Processing stops and Setup Failed, as I would expect. > > > > However the ARP entry for the bundle gets removed. I would expect > > > > that to remain intact. > > > > Is that indicated by the two lines in the log, "Removing ... > bundle..." > > ? > > > > Is there something I can configure so the ARP entry does not get > > removed? > > > > Or could this be a bug? I am using WiX build 3.6.1929.0. > > > > > > > > [0BBC:0394][2011-08-10T17:58:40]: Apply begin > > > > [0BBC:0394][2011-08-10T17:58:41]: Applying package: Example.exe, > > action: > > > > Uninstall, path: C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Package > > > > Cache\EBB8B79FCC72E0E343477DB4241442115E920409\Packages\Example.ex > > > > e, > > > > arguments: '"C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Package > > > > Cache\EBB8B79FCC72E0E343477DB4241442115E920409\Packages\Example.exe"' > > > > [0BBC:0394][2011-08-10T17:59:00]: Error 0xffffffff: Process > > > > returned > > > error: > > > > 0xffffffff > > > > [0BBC:0394][2011-08-10T17:59:00]: Error 0xffffffff: Failed to > > > > configure per-user EXE package. > > > > [0BBC:0394][2011-08-10T17:59:00]: Error 0xffffffff: Failed to > > > > execute EXE package. > > > > [0BBC:0394][2011-08-10T17:59:00]: Error 0xffffffff: Failed to > > > > execute apply. > > > > [0BBC:0394][2011-08-10T17:59:00]: Removing bundle dependency key: > > > > {b0cf830a-2557-4208-a8f4-64044bb6dbf7} > > > > [0BBC:0394][2011-08-10T17:59:00]: Removing cached bundle: > > > > {b0cf830a-2557-4208-a8f4-64044bb6dbf7}, from path: > > > > C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Package > > > > Cache\{b0cf830a-2557-4208-a8f4-64044bb6dbf7}\ > > > > [0BBC:0394][2011-08-10T17:59:00]: Apply complete, result: > > > > 0xffffffff > > > > restart: No > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > -- > > > > -- > > > > -------- Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich > > > > system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. > > > > Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the > > > > tools developers use with it. > > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-dev2dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > WiX-users mailing list > > > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > -- > > > > -- > > > > -------- Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich > > > > system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. > > > > Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the > > > > tools developers use with it. > > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-dev2dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > WiX-users mailing list > > > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > > > -------- Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich > > > system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. > > > Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the > > > tools developers use with it. > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-dev2dev > > > _______________________________________________ > > > WiX-users mailing list > > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > > > -------- Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich > > > system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. > > > Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the > > > tools developers use with it. > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-dev2dev > > > _______________________________________________ > > > WiX-users mailing list > > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- FREE DOWNLOAD - uberSVN with Social Coding for Subversion. > > Subversion made easy with a complete admin console. 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